'Oz' Coming to Great Neck Thursday

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

A special premier of the new film, "Oz The Great And Powerful," will be presented at Squire Cinemas in Great Neck on Thursday.

Clearview Cinemas, Squire's parent company, is promoting the movie with community involvement, a charity collection for The Lustgarten Foundation to fight pancreatic cancer and photo opportunities for kids planned.

Theater staff will dress as Oz characters from the past and present, which should make for some interesting photo opportunities for guests on Thursday, according to event organizers. 

A prequel to the legendary "Wizard of Oz" film, the PG-rated "Oz The Great And Powerful" centers around a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, who is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, where he transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Regular box office admission prices apply: 3D prices: $15 for adults, $12.25 for children, $13.75 for senior citizens and $13.25 bargain matinee price. 2D prices: $11.25 adult, $8.50 child, $10 senior citizen and $9.50 bargain matinee.

The movie is scheduled to run at the Squire Theater throughout the month of March. For more information and a list of show times click here.